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Morton

in Michigan

There are 1,531 people with the last name "Morton" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Morton 516
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  1. is 512th most common Slater
  2. is 513th most common Cannon
  3. is 514th most common Combs
  4. is 515th most common Brandt
  5. is 516th most common Morton
  6. is 517th most common Beard
  7. is 518th most common Burnett
  8. is 519th most common Kent
  9. is 520th most common Wilkinson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Martin, Mortensen, Martino, Mortimer, Mortenson, Martini, Martineau, Mort, Marten, Martine

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Robert, Richard, David, James, Mary, Charles, Donald, Michael, Jeffrey

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named in Old English as ‘settlement (tūn) by or on a marsh or moor (mōr)’.

Swedish: variant of Martin.

French: contracted form of Moreton 2.

Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames or of various other non-English names bearing some kind of similarity to it.

FOREBEARS The name Morton was established early in North America. George Morton (1585–1624), one of the Pilgrims, was probably born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He and his son Nathaniel (b. 1613 in Leiden, the Netherlands) settled in Plymouth in 1623. John Morton (c.1724–77), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in PA, of Swedish descent. His grandfather, Morten Mortenson, had emigrated from Gothenburg in 1654.

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